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STATUTES 


OF  THE 


AMERICAN   ACADEMY 


OF 


Sciences 


NOTE.  The  following  are  the  Statutes  of  the  Academy,  as  adopted  January 
29,  1823,  by  occasion  of  a  report  of  a  committee  appointed  to  revise  the 
Statutes  of  the  academy.  See  the  vote,  subjoined  to  the  Statutes. 


STATUTES. 


CHAP.  I. 

Of  Officers. 

1.  THERE  shall  be  a  President,  a  Vice-President,  a 
Corresponding  Secretary,  a  Recording  Secretary,  a  Treas- 
urer, a  Vice-Treasurer,  and  a  Librarian  or  Keeper  of  the 
Library,  which  officers  shall  be  annually  elected  by  written 
votes,  the  day  next  preceding  the  last  Wednesday  in  May. 

2.  If  either  of  the  Secretaries,  the  Treasurer,  or  the 
Keeper  of  the  Library  die,  resign,  or  be  removed   during 
the  year,  the   vacant   office   or   offices   shall,  at  the   next 
meeting  of  the  Academy,  be  filled  by  written  votes  for  the 
remainder  of  the  year. 


CHAP.  II. 

Of  the  President. 

1.  IT  shall  be  the  duty  of  the   President,  and,  in  his 
absence,  of  the  Vice-President  or  next  officer  in  order,  as 


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above  enumerated,  to  preside  at  the  meetings  of  the 
Academy ;  to  summon  extraordinary  meetings  of  the 
Academy,  upon  any  urgent  occasion  ;  and  to  execute  or 
see  to  the  execution  of  the  statutes  of  the  Academy. 

2.  The  President,  or  in  his  absence  the  next  officer, 
in  order  as  above  enumerated,  is  empowered  to  draw  upon 
the  Treasurer  for  such  sums  of  money  as  the  Academy 
shall  direct. 

3.  Any  deed  or  writing,  to  which  the  common  seal  is 
to  be  affixed,  shall  be  signed  and  sealed  by  the  President, 
when  thereto  authorized  by  the  Academy. 


CHAP.  III. 

Of  the  Secretaries. 

i.  The  Corresponding  Secretary  shall  keep  the  letter 
book ;  shall  record  all  letters  addressed  to  the  academy, 
and  deliver  the  originals  to  be  filed  to  the  Recording  Sec- 
retary, and  at  each  meeting,  the  Corresponding  Secretary 
shall  read  such  letters,  as  have  been  addressed  to  the 
Academy,  since  the  last  meeting. 


S.  THE  Recording  Secretary  shall  have  charge  of  the 
charter  and  statute  book,  journals,  and  all  literary  papers 
belonging  to  the  Academy ;  and  all  letters,  after  they  have 
been  recorded,  shall  be  kept  by  him  on  file.  He  shall 
keep  a  record  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Academy,  at  its 
meetings ;  and  after  each  meeting  is  duly  opened  by  the 
presiding  officer,  the  proceedings  of  the  last  meeting  shall 
be  read,  by  the  Recording  Secretary. 


CHAP.  IV. 

Of  the  Treasurer  and  Vice-Treasurer. 

1.  The  Treasurer  and  Vice-Treasurer  shall  give  such 
security,  as  the  Academy  may  require,  for  the  trust  repos- 
ed in  them  severally. 

2.  The  Treasurer  shall  receive  officially  all  monies  or 
sums  of  money,  due  or  payable,  and  all  bequests  or  dona- 
tions, made  to  the  Academy  ;  and  by  order  of  the  Presi- 
dent or  presiding  officer,  shall   pay  such   sums   as   the 
Academy  shall  direct;  and  shall  keep  an  account  of  all 
receipts  and  expenditures. 

U.  All  monies  or  sums  of  money,  which  there  shall 
not  be  present  occasion  to  expend,  shall  be  put  out  to  in- 


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terest  on  such  securities,  or  otherwise  disposed  of,  as  the 
Academy  shall  direct. 


4.  The  Treasurer's  accounts  shall  be  annually  audited 
by  a  committee  appointed  by  the  Academy  for  the  purpose. 

5.  In  case  of  the  death,  resignation,  or  removal  of  the 
Treasurer,  the  Vice-Treasurer  shall  discharge  his  duties. 


CHAP.  V. 

Library  and  Cabinet. 

1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Librarian,  or  the  keeper 
of  the  library,  to  take  charge  of  the  books,  to  keep  a  cor- 
rect catalogue  of  the  same,  and  to  deliver  books  to  the 
Fellows  of  the  Academy. 

2.  Every  Fellow  of  the  Academy  shall  be  permitted  to 
borrow  from  the  library  not  exceeding  four  books  at  one 
time,  and  shall  give  receipt  therefor  to  the  Librarian,  or 
keeper  of  the  Library. 

3.  All  books,  borrowed  from  the  library,  shall  be  re- 
turned on  the  first  Wednesday  in  May,  nor  shall  any  book 
be  borrowed  till  after  the  meeting  of  4the  Academy  next 
ensuing. 


4.  At  the  meeting  of  the  Academy  in  May,  a  commit- 
tee shall  be  chosen  to  examine  the  library,  and  make  re- 
port of  its  condition  at  the  next  annual  meeting. 


CHAP.  VI. 

Of  Meetings. 

1.  THERE  shall  be  annually  four  stated  meetings  of 
the  Academy,  viz. — On  the  last  Wednesday  in  January, 
and  the  day  next  preceding  the  last  Wednesday  in  May, 
at  Boston  ;  and  on  the  second  Wednesday  in  August,  and 
the  second  Wednesday  in  November,  at  the  University  of 
Cambridge. 

S.  The  President  shall  have  power  to  call  extraordina- 
ry meetings  of  the  Academy,  at  such  time  and  place  as  he 
shall  see  fit. 

3.  Seven  Fellows   shall  constitute  a  quorum   for  the 
transaction  of  business  of  every  description,  which  may 
come  before  the  Academy. 

4.  The  meetings  of  the  Academy  shall  be   advertised 
in  the  public  papers,  by  the  Recording  Secretary. 


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CHAP.  VII. 

Of  Fellows. 

1.  No  person  shall  be  elected  a  Fellow  of  the  Academy, 
unless  proposed  and  recommended  by  one  or  more  Fel- 
lows, who  shall  subscribe  their  names  to  the  recommen- 
dation upon  the  nomination  list.     The  name  shall  stand 
on  the  nomination  list  at  least  during  the  interval  between 
two   statute  meetings,  previous  to   the  election.     Three 
fourths  of  the  votes  given  shall  be  necessary  to  constitute 
a  majority  for  the   admission  of  a  member;  and  when 
three  fourths  shall  amount  to  less  than  seven,  then  seven 
votes  shall  be  necessary.     Should  any  person,  on  balloting, 
not  be  admitted,  his   name  shall  be   removed  from  the 
nomination  list ;  but  may  at  any  future  period  be  placed 
upon  it  again  for  a  new  nomination. 

2.  Each  Fellow  residing  in  the  state  of  Massachusetts 
shall  pay  annually  two  dollars  to  the  Academy. 


CHAP.  VIII. 

On  Literary  Performances. 

1.  THE  Academy  will  never  express  its  judgment  on 
literary  performances  or  memoirs  submitted  to  it. 


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2.  The  President,  Vice-President,  and  Secretary,  with 
such  others  as  the  Academy  may  think  fit  to  join,  shall 
constitute  a  Committee  of  publications,to  which  Committee 
all  memoirs  submitted  to  the  Academy  shall  be  referred. 


January  29,  1823. 

Voted, — That  the  foregoing  be  held  to  be  the  rules,  by-laws,  and  orders 
of  the  Academy,  from  and  after  the  15th  of  May  next,  and  that  all  others 
be  and  are  hereby  repealed. 

Printed  from  the  copy  in  the  records, 

by  order  of  the  Academy, 

EDWARD  EVERETT,  Rec.  SecSy. 

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CATALOGUE 

OF  THE  FELLOWS  OF  THE 


OF 

anix  Sciences. 


FELLOWS 

OF 

THE  AMERICAN   ACADEMY 

OF 

ARTS  AND  SCIENCES. 


rcstttrnt  in 


e,  whose  names  are  marked  with  a  star,  are  deceased. 
Those,  to  whose  names  no  other  place  of  residence  is  attached,  reside  in  Boston. 


A. 

*Hon.  Samuel  Adams. 

John  Adams,  Quincy. 

John  Quincy  Adams,  Washington. 

Thomas  Boylston  Adams,  Quincy. 

* Fisher  Ames,  Dedham. 

Rev.  John  Allyne  D.  D.  Duxbury. 
^Nathaniel  Appleton  Esq. 
^Nathaniel  Walker  Appleton  Esq. 
*Rev.  Noah  Atwater,  Westfield. 
James  T.  Austin  Esq. 
B. 
*Hon.  John  Bacon,  Stockbridge. 

* Loammi  Baldwin,  Woburn. 

Loammi  Baldwin  Esq. 
Rev.  Aaron  Bancroft  D.  D.  Worcester. 
*Rev.  Thomas  Barnard  D.  D.  Salem. 
*Hon.  Josiah  Bartlett  M.D.Charlestown. 
*Hon.  William  Baylies,  Dighton. 
*Rev.  Jeremy  Belknap  D.  I). 
*Hon.  Timothy  Bigelow,  Medford. 
Jacob  Bigelow  M.  D. 


George  Blake  Esq. 
Hon  Nathaniel  Bowditch 
*Hon.  James  Bowdoin. 

* James  Bowdoin. 

* Theophilus  Bradbury. 

*Thomas  Brattle  Esq.  Cambridge. 
Rev.  John  Brazer,  Salem. 

C. 

*Hon.  George  Cabot. 
*Rev.  Samuel  Gary. 

William  Ellery  Channing  D.  D. 

Henry  Channing. 

"Walter  Channing  M.  D. 
Edward  Channing  Cambridge. 
*Rev.  Charles  Chauncey  D.  D. 
Elisha  Clapp  Esq 
*Rev.  John  Clark  D.  D. 
Joseph    Greene  Cogswell   Esq.   North- 
ampton. 

*Rev.  Samuel  Cooper  D.  D. 
*Hon.  Richard  Cranch,  Quincy. 
* Thomas  Gushing 


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*Hon.  Nathan  Gushing,  Scituate. 

* William  Gushing,     Do. 

Caleb  Gushing  Esq.  Newburyport. 
*Rev.  Manasseh  Cutler  D.D.  Hamilton. 

D. 
*Hon.  Tristram  Dalton,  Newburyport. 

* Francis  Dana,  Cambridge, 

Samuel  Danforth  M.  D. 

*Hon.  Timothy  Danielson,  Brim  field. 

John  Davis. 

* Thomas  Dawes. 

Thomas  Dawes. 

Benjamin  Dearborn  Esq. 
Hon.  H.  A.  S.  Dearborn,  Roxbury. 
Chester  Dewey,  Williamstown. 
*Hon.  Samuel  Dexter,  Weston. 

* Samuel  Dexter. 

Aaron  Dexter  M.  D. 

E. 

Hon  Timothy  Edwards,  Stockbridge. 
*Samuel  Eliot  Esq. 
*Rev.  John  Eliot  D.  D. 

* William  Emerson 

*William  Erving  Esq. 
^Oliver  Everett  Esq.  Dorchester. 
A.  H.  Everett  Esq. 
Edward  Everett,  Cambridge. 

F. 

John  Farrar,  Cambridge. 
Joshua  Fisher  M.  D.  Beverly. 
Rev.  Perez  Fobes,  Raynham. 

James  Freeman  D.  D. 

*Levi  Frisbie,  Cambridge. 

G. 

*Caleb  Gannett  Esq.  Cambridge. 
*Hon.  Henry  Gardner. 

* Elbridge  Gerry,  Cambridge. 

Christopher  Gore,  Waltham. 

John  Gorharn  M.  D. 
Francis  C.  Gray  Esq. 
*Hon.  Benjamin  Guild 


H. 

Nathan  Hale  Esq. 
Enoch  Hale  M.  D. 
*Hon.  John  Hancock. 
Rev.   Thaddeus   Mason   Harris   D.  D. 

Dorchester. 

*Hon.  Joseph  Hawley,  Northampton. 
George  Hayward  M.  D. 
Levi  Hedge  LL.  D.  Cambridge. 
Rev.  Abiel  Holmes  D.  D.  Cambridge 
Edward  Augustus  Holyoke  M.D.  Salem. 
*Rev.  Simeon  Howard  D.  D. 

* Bezaleel  Howard,  Springfield. 

*John  C.  Howard  M.  D. 

Hon.  Samuel  Howe,  Northampton. 

*Ebenez  Hunt  M.  D.  Northampton. 

•I  • 

*Hon.  Jonathan  Jackson. 

Charles  Jackson. 

James  Jackson  M.  D. 

*Charles  Jarvis  M.  D. 

Rev.  Samuel  Farmer  Jarvis  D.  D. 

K. 
Rev.   John   Thornton   Kirkland    D.  D. 

LL.  D.  Cambridge. 
Hon  Daniel  Kilham,  Wenham. 
*Rev.  Joseph  Lathrop  D.  D.  Springfield. 

* John  Lathrop  D.  D. 

*George  G.  Lee  Esq. 

*Hon.  Benjamin  Lincoln,  Hingham. 

* Levi  Lincoln,  Worcester. 

Hon  James  Lloyd. 

*Rev  Elijah  Lothrop 

*Hon  John  Lowell. 

John  Lowell  Esq. 

Rev.  Joseph  Lyman  D.  D.  Hatfield. 

M. 

James  Mann  M.  D. 
*Rev.  Samuel  Mather  D.  D. 
John  Mellen  Esq.  Cambridge. 
*Samuel  Moody  Esq.  Newbury. 


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N. 

Andrews  Norton,  Cambridge. 
Thomas  Nuttall,  Cambridge. 

O. 

*Hon.  Andrew  Oliver,  Salem. 
* Joseph  Orne  M.  D.         Do. 
Hon.  Harrison  Gray  Otis. 

P. 

*Hon.  Robert  Treat  Paine. 
William  Paine  M.  D.  Worcester. 
Hon.  Isaac  Parker. 
*Theodore  Parsons  M.  D.  Newbury. 
*Hon.  Theophilus  Parsons 

* George  Partridge,  Duxborough. 

*Rev.  Phillips  Pajson  D.  D.  Chelsea. 
Eliphalet  Pearson  LL.  D.  Har- 
vard. 

*William  Dandridge  Peck,  Cambridge. 
Jacob  Perkins  Esq.  Newburyport. 
*Hon.  Samuel  Phillips  LL.  D.  Andover. 

* John  Phillips. 

Willard  Phillips  Esq. 

Hon.  John  Pickering,  Salem. 

Benjaman  Pickman,  Salem. 

Rev.  John  Pierce  D.  D.  Brookline. 
Nicholas  Pike,  Newburyport. 
Allan  Pollock  Esq.  Waltham. 
*Joseph  Pope  Esq. 

Rev.  John  Snelling  Popkin  D.  D.  Cam- 
bridge. 

Rev.  Eliphalet  Porter  D.  D.  Roxbury. 
*Hon.  Oliver  Prescott  M.  D.  Groton. 

William  Prescott. 

Rev.  John  Prince  D.  D.  Salem. 

Q. 

Hon.  Josiah  Quincy. 

R. 

*lsaac  Rand  M.  D. 

Hon.  Edward  H.  Robbins,  Dorchester. 
*Hon.  Thomas  Russell. 

S. 
Hon.  Leverett  Saltonstall,  Salem. 


Sanger  D.  D.  Bridge- 
Sargeant, 


*Rev.  Zedekiah 

water. 

*Hon.   Nathaniel  P. 
James  Savage  Esq. 
Micajah  Sawyer  M.  D.  Newbury. 
*Hon.  Theodore  Sedgwick,  Stockbridge. 

* William  Sever,  Kingston. 

*Stephen  Sewall  Esq. 

*Hon.  Samuel  Sewall,  Marblehead. 

George  Cheyne  Shattuck  M.  D. 

*Samuel  Shaw  Esq.  Bridgewater. 

William  S.  Shaw  Esq. 

Lemuel  Shaw  Esq. 

Hon.  William  Spooner  M.  D. 

*fioii.  John  Sprague,  Lancaster. 

Rev.  Charles  Stearns  D.  D.  Lincoln. 

Hon.  Asahel  Stearns,  Cambridge. 

*Ebenezer  Storer  Esq. 

Hon  Joseph  Story,  Salem. 

*Hon.  Caleb  Strong,  Northampton. 

Rev.  Moses  Stuart,  Andover. 

*Hon.  James  Sullivan. 

William  Sullivan. 

Richard  Sullivan. 

John  L.  Sullivan  Esq. 
*Hon.  Increase  Sumner,  Roxbury. 
*John  B.  Swett  M.  D.  Newburyport. 
Samuel  Swett  Esq. 

T. 
*Rev.  David  Tappan  D.  D.  Cambridge. 

* Peter  Thacher  D.  D. 

*— ; —  Thomas  Thacher,  Dedham. 

* Samuel  C.  Thacher. 

Hon.  Peter  O.  Thacher. 

* Joshua  Thomas,  Plymouth. 

George  Ticknor  Esq. 

Hon.  Joseph  Tilden 

*Hon.  Nathaniel  Tracy,  Newburyport. 

John  D.  Treadwell  M.  D.  Salem. 

Daniel  Treadwell  Esq. 

*Hon.  Cotton  Tufts,  Weymouth. 


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V. 

*Charles  Vaughan  Esq. 
Francis  Vergnies  M.  D.  Newburyport. 

W. 

Rev.  Henry  Ware  D.  D.  Cambridge. 
John  Ware  M.  D. 
*John  Warren  M.  D. 
*Hon.  James  Warren,  Plymouth. 
John  C.  Warren  M.  D. 
Benjamin  Waterhouse  M.  D.  Cambridge. 
*Rev.  Samuel  Webber  D.  D.       Do. 
Redford  Webster  Esq. 
Hon.  Daniel  Webster. 
John  White  Webster  M.  D 
William  Wells  Esq. 


Thomas  Welsh  M.  D. 
*Rev.  Samuel  West  D.  D. 
Hon.  Daniel  Appleton  White,  Salem. 
*Rev.  Edward  Wigglesworth  D.D.  Cam- 
bridge. 
*Rev.  Abraham  Williams,  Sandwich. 

* Nehemiah  Williams,  Brimfield. 

* Joseph  Willard,  D.  D.  Cambridge. 

Samuel  Willard,  Deerfield. 

Sidney  Willard,  Cambridge. 

*Hon.  James  Winthrop,  Cambridge. 

'    Thomas  L.  Winthrop. 
Joseph  E.  Worcester,  Cambridge. 
Rufus  Wyman  M.  D.  Charlestown. 


American 


MAINE. 

Rev.  William  Allen  D.  D.  President  of  Bowdoin  College,  Brunswick. 

* Jesse  Appleton  D.  D.  President  of  Bowdoin  College,  Brunswick. 

Parker  Cleaveland,  Professor  of  Mathematics  and  Natural  Philosophy, 
Brunswick 

Hon.  David  Cobb,  Goldsborough. 

Rev.  Samuel  Deane  D.  D.  Falmouth. 

* Joseph  McKeen  D.  D.  President  of  Bowdoin  College,  Bruns- 
wick. 

*Hon.  Henry  Knox,  Thomastown. 

*Rev.  Daniel  Little,  Wells. 

Ichabod  Nichols  D.  D.  Portland. 

Hon.  Nathan  Read,  Belfast. 

———  David  Sewall,  York. 

Benjamin  Vaughan  Esq.  HallowelL 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE. 

Ebenezer  Adams,  Profesor  of  Mathematics  and  Natural  Philosophy  in 
Dartmouth  College,  Hanover. 

*Samuel  Hale  Esq.  Walpole. 

*Rev.  Samuel  Langdon  D.  D.  Portsmouth. 

Reuben  D.  Mussey  M.  D.  Hanover. 

Daniel  Oliver  M.  D.  Prof,  of  Intel,  and  Mor.  Phil. ;  also  of  Phisiol. 
Theory  &  Practice  of  Physic,  Materia  Medica  and  Botany,  in  Dart- 
mouth College,  Hanover. 

*Hon.  John  Pickering,  Portsmouth. 

*John  Sparhawk  Esq. 

*Hon.  Samuel  Tenney,  Exeter. 

* Mesech  Weare,  Hampton. 

* Nathaniel  Wells,  Wells. 


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VERMONT. 

James  Dean,  Prof,  of  Math,  and  Nat.  Phil,  in  the  College  of  Burlington. 

Hon.  Daniel  Chipman,  Middlebury. 

Frederick  Hall,  Prof,  of  Math,  and  Nat.  Philosophy  in  Middlebury 

College. 

Hon.  Elijah  Paine,  Williamstown. 
*Rev.  Samuel  Williams  LL.  D.  Rutland. 

RHODE  ISLAND. 

Joseph  Brown  Esq.  Providence. 
Solomon  Drowne  M.  D.  Do. 
"Benjamin  West  Esq.      Do. 

CONNECTICUT. 

Jeremiah  Day  D.  D.  LL.  D.  President  of  Yale  College,  Newhaven. 
*Rev.  Timothy  Dwight  D.  D.  LL.  D.   President  of  Yale  College, 

Newhaven. 

*Hon.  Oliver  Ellsworth  LL.  D.  Windsor. 
Benjamin  Gale  Esq. 

Benjamin  Silliman,  Prof,  of  Chemistry,  Newhaven. 
*Rev.  Ezra  Stiles,  D.  D.  President  of  Yale  College,  Newhaven. 
*Hon.  Jonathan  Trumbull,  Lebanon. 

John  Trumbull,  Hartford. 

* Jonathan  Trumbull,  Lebanon. 

John  Trumbull  Esq.  Lebanon. 
Hon.  John  Treadwell,  Farmington. 
Noah  Webster  Esq.  Newhaven. 

NEW  YORK. 

Robert  Adrain,  Prof.  Math,  and  Nat.  Phil  in  Columbia  College. 

Archibald  Bruce  M.  D.  Prof,  of  Mineralogy,  New  York. 

Benjamin  de  Witt  Esq.  Albany. 

Hon.  De  Witt  Clinton,     Do. 

*Hon.  Alexander  Hamilton,  New  York. 

George  Gibbs  Esq.  Long  Island. 

David  Hosack  M.  D.  New  York. 

Hon.  John  Jay,  Bedford. 

Rufus  King,  Long  Island. 

*Rev.  Samuel  Kirkland,  Paris. 

Hon.  Samuel  L.  Mitchell  M.  D.  New  York. 

Samuel  Osgood,  Do. 


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Horatio  Gates  Spafford  Esq.  New  York. 

D.  Stansbury  Esq. 

Fr.  Adrian  Van  der  Kemp,  Oldenbarnevelt. 

NEW  JERSEY. 

John  Garnet  Esq.  New  Brunswick. 

*Hon.  William  Livingston  LL.  D.  Elizabethtown. 

*William  Patterson  Esq. 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Owen  Biddle  Esq.  Philadelphia. 

*Benjamin  Smith  Barton  M.  D.  Prof,  in  the  University  of  Penn. 

Hon.  Peter  S.  Duponceau,  Philadelphia. 

*Hon.  Benjamin  Franklin,         Do. 

Robert  Hare,  Prof,  in  the  University  of  Pennsylvania. 

*Ebenezer  Hazard  Esq. 

*David  Rittenhouse  Esq.         Do. 

^Benjamin  Rush  M.  D. 

Hon.  Adam  Seybert,  Do. 

*Casper  Wistar  M.  D. 

*Samuel  Vaughan  Esq. 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA. 

Charles  Bulfinch  Esq.  Washington. 
Hon.  William  Cranch,        Do. 

VIRGINIA. 

Hon.  Thomas  Jefferson,  Monticello. 

*Hon.  Arthur  Lee  M.  D.  Urbanna. 

Right  Rev.  James  Madison  D.  D.  President  of  William  and  Mary 

College. 

Hon.  John  Marshall,  Richmond. 
*Rev.  John  Jones  Spooner,  Martin's  Brandon. 
*George  Washington,  Mount  Vernon. 

SOUTH  CAROLINA. 

Stephen  Elliott  Esq.  Charleston. 

OHIO. 
Nathan  Drake  M.  D.  Cincinnati. 

KENTUCKY. 

Rev.  Horace  Holley,  LL.  D.  President  of  Transylvania  University, 
Lexington. 


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C.  S.  Rafinesque  Schmalz,  Lexington. 

MISSISSIPPI. 
*Hon.  Winthrop  Sargent,  Natches. 

NOVA  SCOTIA. 
John  Halliburton,  M.  D.  Halifax. 


GREAT  BRITAIN. 

*Sir  Joseph  Banks,  President  of  the  Royal  Society,  London. 

Edward  Bancroft  Esq. 

*Sir  Charles  Blagden,  Secretary  of  the  Royal  Society,  London. 

David  Brewster,  M.  D.  F.  R.  S.  Edinburgh. 

Rev.   I.  Brinkley  D.  D.  Professor  of  Astronomy  in  Trinity  College, 

Dublin* 

Mather  Brown  Esq.  London. 
*John  Singleton  Copely  Esq.  London. 
John  Cranch  Esq.  London. 

Sir  Humphry  Davy,  President  of  the  Royal  Society,  London. 
George  Erving  Esq.  London. 
William  Falconer  M.  D.  F.  R.  S.  Bath. 
*Thomas  Brand  Hollis  Esq.  London. 
*Sir  William  Hamilton,  London. 
John  Haygarth  M.  D.  F.  R.  S.  Chester. 
*Sir  William  Herschel  F.  R.  S.  Windsor. 
Rev.  Thomas  Hornsby  D.  D.  F.  R.  S. 
*John  Howard  Esq.  F.  R.  S. 
*Charles  Hutton  LL.  D.  F.  R.  S. 
Sir  Benjamin  Hobhouse,  President  of  the  Bath  and  West  of  England 

Agricultural  Society. 

William  Jackson  Hooker.  F.  R.  S.  Glasgow. 
*Edward  Jenner  M.  D.  F.  R.  S. 
*Edmund  Jennings  Esq.  London. 
Richard  Kirwan  Esq.  F.  R.  S 
*The  Marquis  of  Lansdowne,  London. 
*John  Coakley  Lettsom  M.  D.  F.  R.  S.  London. 
*Rev.  Archibald  Maclaine. 
*Henry  Moyes  M.  D.  London. 


*Rev.  Nevil  Maskelyne  D.  D.  F.  R.  S.  Greenwich. 

The  Duke  of  Norfolk. 

Samuel  Parkes,  London. 

*Richard  Price  D.  D.  F.  R.  S.  London. 

*Joseph  Priestley  D.  D.  F.  R.  S.  Birmingham. 

Thomas  Percival  M.  D.  Manchester. 

John  Pond  F.  R.  S.  Astronomer  Royal. 

Rev.  Abraham  Rees  LL.  D.  F.  R.  S.  London. 

Sir  John  Sinclair. 

Dugald  Stewart  F.  R.  S.  Ed.  Kinneil. 

Jonathan  Stokes  M.  D.  Birmingham. 

Sir  Benjamin  Thompson. 

*Right  Rev.  Richard  Watson  LL.  D.  F.  R.  S.  Bishop  of  Landaff. 

*Benjamin  West  Esq.  President  of  the  Royal  Academy  of  Painting. 

William  Hyde  Wollaston  M.  D.  F.  R.  S.  ' 

Robert  Young  Esq.  London. 

Thomas  Young  Esq.  Secretary  of  the  Royal  Society,  London. 

PORTUGAL. 

*The  Abbe  Corea  de  Serra,  Minister  of  his  most  faithful  Majesty  to 
U.  S.  A. 

SPAIN. 

The  Duke  de  Almodavar. 
The  Marquess  de  Santa  Cruz. 

FRANCE. 

*D?  Alembert,  Sec'ry  of  the  Academy  of  Inscr.  and  Belles  Lettres  at 

Paris. 

*The  Count  Claude  Louis  Berthollet. 
*The  Count  G.  L.  le  Clerc  de  Buffon. 
M.  Jean  Baptiste  Biot. 
*M.  J.  S.  Brissot  de  Warville. 
M.  Jean  Charles  Burckhardt,  Paris. 
*The  Marquis  de  Chastelleux. 
The  Count  de  Cassini. 
*The  Marquis  Condorcet. 
The  Baron  G.  L.  C.  F.  D.  Cuvier. 
The  Chevalier  J.  B.  J.  Delambre. 
M.  W.  F.  Charles  Dumas. 
M.  J.  Feron  M.  D. 
M.  de  la  Fayette 
M.  Fabre. 


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*The  Count  de  Gibelin 

*The  Count  de  Grandchain. 

The  Baron  Alexandra  de  Humboldt. 

M.  Jeurat. 

*M.  de  la  Lande. 

*The  Chev.  Cesar  Anne  de  la  Luzerne. 

The  Count  Barbe-Marbois. 

The  Count  Peter  Simon  de  la  Place. 

M.  S.  D.  Poisson. 

*The  Count  de  Rumford. 

M.  J.  P.  de  la  Tombe 

Louis  Valentine  M.  D.  St.  Domingo. 

ITALY. 

The  Count  de  Castiglione,  Tuscany. 
The  Baron  von  Niebuhr,  Rome. 
The  Baron  von  Zach,  Lucca. 

KINGDOM  OF  THE  NETHERLANDS. 

*M.  Alexandre  Mary  Cerisier,  Amsterdam. 
*M.  Cornelius  de  Gyzelaer,  Leyden. 
*M.  Frederic  William  Pestel,    Do. 
*John  Luzac,  Do. 

GERMANY. 

D.John  Frederic  Blumenbach,  Prof,  of  Natural  History,  Gottingen. 

M.  J.  T.  Burg,  Vienna. 

M.  Charles  F.  Gauss,  Prof,  of  Astronomy,  Gottingen. 

^Christian  Gottlob  Heyne,  Prof,  at  Gottingen. 

D.  James  Hemmer,  Manheim. 

The  Baron  William  von  Humboldt,  Minister  of  State,  Berlin. 

*The  Baron  von  Hupsch,  Cologne. 

The  Baron  von  Lindenau,  Gotha. 

D.  William  Olbers,  Bremen. 

SWEDEN. 

*Peter  Jonas  Berg,  Prof,  of  Natural  History  in  Stockholm. 

M.  Jacob  Berzelius,  Stockholm. 

*Samuel  Gustavus  Hermelin,  Stockholm. 

Gustavus  Paykull,  Upsal. 

*Peter  Wargentin,  Secretary  of  the  Academy  of  Sciences,  Stockholm. 

DENMARK. 
J.  G.  Thorkelin  LL.  D.  Copenhagen. 


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RUSSIA. 

^Leonard  Euler,  Petersburg. 

M.  Charles  Etter,     Do. 

M.  G.  Fischer,  Director  of  the  Imperial  Society  of  Naturalists  at  Moscow. 

M.  Nicholas  Fuss,  Secretary  of  the  Imperial  Academy  of  Sciences  at 

St.  Petersburg. 
M.  F.  T.  Schubert,  Director  of  the  Imperial  Academy  of  St.  Petersburg. 


OFFICERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  ACADEMY  FOR  THE  YEAR  ENDING 

MAY  25,  1824. 

Hon.  John  Quincy  Adams,  President. 

Rev.  John  Thornton  Kirkland,  Vice-President. 

Hon.  John  Pickering,  Corresponding  Secretary. 

Mr.  Edward  Everett,  Recording  Do. 

Hon.  T.  L.  Winthrop,  Treasurer. 

Jacob  Bigelow  M.  D.  Vice-  Treasurer. 

Hon.  J.  Q.  Adams, 


Rev.  J.  T.  Kirkland, 
Hon.  John  Pickering, 
Mr.  Edward  Everett, 
Hon.  N.  Bowditch, 
Mr.  John  Farrar. 


Committee  of 
"  Publications. 


Mr.  Joseph  Backus,  Keeper  of  the  Library. 


Erratum.— Top  of  page  9,  for  Secretary  read  Secretaries. 


TREATMENT  REPORT 

Statues  of  the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences 

AS3«A«7S81823 

Condition 

-  The  original  binding  was  quarter-leather,  with  marbled  paper  sides.  Spine  was 
completely  missing.  There  was  evidence  of  a  previous  rebacking.  Back  and  front 
endsheet  were  not  marbled  and  wer  separated  from  the  text.  Both  boards  were 
completely  detached.  The  text  is  sewn,  on  5  sawn-in  cords.  One  folio  in  the  center 
of  text  block  was  never  sewn  in.  Two  pages  at  front  and  one  at  back  were  loose. 

Treatment 

-  Spine  was  cleaned  with  methylcellulose. 

-  Loose  pages  were  hinged  with  Japanese  paper  (Kizukishi)  and  Zin  Shofu  paste. 

-  Loose  folio  was  sewn  with  linen  thread-  30/2. 

-  Linen  hinged  handmade  endsheets  (Rotunda)  were  sewn  on- 18/3  thread. 

-  Endsheets  were  guarded  on  using  Kizikishi  and  paste. 

-  Spine  lined  twice  overall  with  Kizikishi  and  paste. 

-  Spine  lined  twice  overall  with  Japanese  paper  (Sekishu)  and  paste. 

-  Spine  lined  two  times  overall  with  handmade  paper  (BG9)  and  paste. 

-  Bradel  binding  was  made  using  Berkeley  Blue  handmade  paper  for  the  bonnet. 

-  Boards  were  lined  with  bond  paper  and  adhesive  mixture. 

-  Boards  were  covered  with  Berkeley  Blue  handmade  paper,  cloth,  and  vellum  tips. 

-  Text  block  was  cased-in  using  adhesive  mixture. 

-  Twinrocker  Rotunda  paper  was  used  for  paste-downs  and  attached 
with  adhesive  mixture. 

-  Label  and  treatment  report  were  laser  printed  on  Twinrocker  Rotunda  paper. 

-  Label  and  treatment  report  were  sprayed  with  a  fixative  (Krylon) 
and  attached  with  adhesive  mixture 


Materials 

Kizukishi  Japanese  paper-  Barrett,  University  of  Iowa,  Iowa. 

Zin  Shofu  paste-  Bookmakers-  Riverdale,  Maryland. 

Thread,  30/2  and  1 8/3-  Bookmakers-  Riverdale,  Maryland. 

Linen-  Bookmakers-  Riverdale,  Maryland. 

Rotunda  Laid  handmade  paper  TT/CP-  Twin  Rocker,  Brookston,  Indiana. 

Sekishu  Japanese  paper-  Bookmakers   Riverdale,  Maryland. 

B9G  handmade  paper-  Barrett-  University  of  Iowa,  Iowa. 

Berkeley  Blue  handmade  paper-  Twinrocker,  Indiana. 

Permalife  Bond  paper-  University  Products-  Holyoke,  MA. 

Adhesive  mixture-  60%  PVA  and  40%  methylcellulose. 

Boards-  Supreme  Blue  Conservation  Board-  Archivart,  New  Jersey. 

Cloth-  Cotlin  Cloth-  Talas-  New  York,  NY. 

April-03 

Karen  Sosa,  Conservation  Assistant 

Conservation  Department,  University  of  California,  Berkeley 


